Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Best Practices for Pediatric Burns It is important to inform both the child and the guardian about the proper care for a burn wound. Children are prone to touch things...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Deep Wounds: The Basics Puncture wounds are one form of a deep wound that cuts deeper than ¼ of an inch beneath the surface of the skin. While many...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Patient Guide to Surgical Wound Classification Surgical wound sites can be one of four different categorizations. Most clinicians will be fairly communicative in terms of letting you know what type of...
Dec 20, 2013 | Wound Care Three Often Overlooked Types of Chronic Wounds Compression garments may help heal chronic lower extremity wounds. Although chronic wounds are a side effect of many different diseases and certain disabilities, there are...
Dec 20, 2013 | Wound Care Collagen Dressing: The Basics Collagen dressings can help boost the production of human collagen at the wound site. Collagen dressings may be new to some patients, but they have...
Dec 10, 2013 | Wound Care 4 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Taking A Wound Swab Some wounds get infected and require a wound swab, and there are different methodologies for taking the samples. Infected wounds that are hard to diagnose...
Dec 08, 2013 | Wound Care Top Types of Burn Wounds and How to Care For Them Burn wound care is important to avoid infection and help the healing process. A burn is an injury to the flesh caused by such things...
